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Easter
Hello,
My son may be in A school at Great Lakes, or waiting to go (if he graduates when he is supposed to, he's injured) for Easter. Does anyone know if they get special liberty that weekend or is it like any other day? And if it is like any other day, how do Sunday's work in A school or if he's waiting to get into A school? His PIR is set for 3/22.
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Permalink Reply by Anti M on
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Easter is not a federal holiday, so it is treated as any other Sunday. They don't have classes on Sundays, but he might have duty. That depends on what duty section he is on, they have four sections, and one of them will be working that day.
How much liberty he has will depend on which phase of liberty he has earned by that time.
https://www.facebook.com/notes/training-support-center-tsc-great-la...
Also, he cannot travel more than 300 miles away from Great Lakes, so there will be no flying home on long weekends. In case anyone reading this got that idea!
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Permalink Reply by CTMom on
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Thank you to you both for the information. I have no idea what the 'rules' are and protocol for anything. Thank goodness for this site or my husband & I would be totally lost! So federal holidays only for possible time off and even in A school he can't fly more than 300 miles away from Great Lakes?
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That's about right, federal holidays only, and liberty miles are not to exceed 300 miles. You'll find that in the fleet also, because sailors must be able to get back to their ships/commands quickly if recalled. There's always a liberty limit, although in some cases they can get an out of bounds chit approved. Not too often at Great Lakes I hear.
If he is there for the Christmas holiday period, he can put in to take leave and fly home then. If not, he should get about a week of leave after A school. Maybe, probably, depends on further training and other factors.
Liberty is normal time off such as evenings and weekends and federal holidays. Leave is paid vacation days, they earn 2.5 each month for a total of 30 days. They have to ask for leave days in writing and that has to be approved by their command, it isn't automatically granted.
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